Episode 671: An Insider Trader Tells All : Planet Money Today on the show: A man who got caught insider trading explains everything — what he did, how he did it, and why. Though he's still struggling with that last one.

Episode 671: An Insider Trader Tells All

Episode 671: An Insider Trader Tells All

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Insider trading in the act
United States Attorney's Office

Note: This episode contains explicit language.

In that photo up there, the man on the right is handing an envelope of cash to the man on the left, in exchange for secret information. It is a photo of insider trading as it happens. Today on the show: the man on the left explains everything — what he did, how he did it, and why. Though he's still struggling with that last one.

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